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The components of assertion: Factor analysis of a multimethod assessment battery
Author(s) -
Linehan Marsha M.,
Walker Robert O.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1983.tb00614.x
Subject(s) - assertion , assertiveness , psychology , observational study , affect (linguistics) , anxiety , psychometrics , developmental psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , communication , statistics , programming language , mathematics , computer science
Ninety‐two community women were subjects in a multimethod, multidimensional study of assertive behaviour. A standard assertion assessment package was administered to each subject, including self‐report inventories (4), and a behavioural role‐play test (5 observational measures and 3 subjective self‐reports) designed to measure assertive behaviours and related affect. In addition, two scales measuring constructs related to assertion were included. A factor analysis was performed and results indicate four distinct response dimensions: verbal assertion skill, self‐report assertion‐related affect, general social anxiety, and observed assertion‐related affect.